Output driver circuit and method for adjusting a driver device

1. An output driver circuit, comprising: a signal input and a signal output; a driver device connected to said signal input and to said signal output for generating a predetermined output signal in response to an applied input signal; an adjustable delay device disposed between said signal input and said driver device, said delay device configured for delaying an input signal to the driver device in accordance with a given value; and a triggered comparison device connected to said delay device and to said driver device, said triggered comparison device receiving a reference signal, and said triggered comparison device configured to compare a signal amplitude of the output signal of said driver device with another signal amplitude of the reference signal in response to an applied trigger signal, and to set the value based on a comparison result.

2. The output driver circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising: a sequence controller connected upstream of said triggered comparison device; said comparison device receiving the trigger signal at a predetermined clock rate; and said triggered comparison device configured to lengthen a time delay of the input signal to said driver device by a predetermined value upon the signal amplitude of the output signal of said driver device being less than the signal amplitude of the reference signal, and to shorten the time delay of the input signal to said driver device by the predetermined value upon the signal amplitude of the output signal of said driver device bring greater than the signal amplitude of the reference signal.

3. A method of adjusting a driver device connected to a signal input and to a signal output for generating a predetermined output signal in response to an applied input signal, which comprises the steps of: comparing a signal amplitude of the output signal of the driver device with another signal amplitude of a reference signal at a predetermined time in response to an applied trigger signal; setting a value for delaying the input signal to the driver device based on a result of the comparing step; and delaying the input signal to the driver device by the given value.

4. The method according to claim 3 , which further comprises the steps of: repeating the step of comparing the signal amplitude of the output signal of the driver device with the signal amplitude of the reference signal at a predetermined clock rate; lengthening the time delay of the input signal to the driver device by a predetermined value upon the signal amplitude of the output signal of the driver device being less than the signal amplitude of the reference signal; and shortening the time delay of the input signal to the driver circuit by the predetermined value upon the signal amplitude of the output signal of the driver device being greater than the signal amplitude of the reference signal.